Coin-controlled vending-machine.



H. L. MORRISON. com CONTROLLED ENmNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FIYLED SEPT. 7. |9175.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

3 SHEETS-SHEET lco M y H. L. MorzmsoN. COIN CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7| |915.

1,178,935. Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

H. L. MORRISON. com coNTnoLLED vENDlN MACHrNE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7. 1915.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

L ML@ and improve the efiiccncy of machines HARLAND L. MORRISON,

OF BELOIT, WISCONSIN.

COIN-CONTROLLED VENDING-MACHINE.

.application tiled September To all wi/1.0m it may concern.

Be it known that l, llxnnixo L. Monnisox. a citizen oi the linitedStates, and resident of Beloit, in the county of Rock and State oi'lVisconsin. have invented certain new and useful li'nprovcmellts inCoin- (lontrolled Vending-l`-lachinesg and I do hereby declare' that thefollowing is av full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in coin-controlledvendingI machines. It is in general the object of tile present inventionto simplify the struct 're this character.

An imliortant and 'nore specific objrrt is' to provide an exceedinglysimple coin-ir u; between the ejecting carriage of a mag-l u e of thischaracter and the members forA jeeting the contents of the machinewhefeov upon the carriage reaching its ejeeting 1. stion the coin willbe automatically released and allowed to drop from locking position intothe coin receptacle.

Another object is to incorporate the above coin lock in a machineincluding a` ilurality of compartments and a pluralit7 of ejectingAmembers co-acting therewith whereby upon a single movement of theejecting carriage all oi the ejecting members which are locked theretoby the proper insertion of a coin in the machine may be simultaneouslyactuated to eject articles from the machine.

With the above, and other objects and advantages in view7 the inventionresides more particularly in the novel combination, arrangement andformation of parts more particularly hereinafter described andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drmvings wherc'n similar charactersof reference designate (':orresponding parts throughout the. severalviews and in which:

Figure l is e. vertical sectional view taken centrally through a vendingmachine constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fia'. tisa horizontal view taken through the machine on a plane adjacent thebottoms of the article compartments and showing' said bottoms brokenaway in parts to more clearly disclose theejeeting mechanism. this viewbeing taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional viewtaken on the line 3-3 of Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, 191.6. 7,1915. semina/19,264.

l, and Fig. Vl is a detailed perspective view showing one, or' theejecting members and the supporting rods therefor.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, theimproved ma chine is shown as including a casing formed of the back wall5, the side walls (i, the front wall T and the bottom Wall 8. Disposedin thc upper forward portion of the casing are I"'urality of partitionWalls 9 dividing the into compartments for receiving variou.. articlesto be vended, these partitions heim; connected at their rears by avertical li'answrse partition Wall 10 and at their a bottom partitionWall 1l which bottoms by extends entirely across the casing and servesat its rea r' portion as a support for the ejecting' mechanism. Disposedin vertical alinen ment in the front of the casing are a plurality otcoin openings 12 and coin chutes 18 extend from these openingsdiagonally downward to a position behind the partition ivall l0. fromwhence thei7 are directed laterally and vertically downward, cach to arespective one of a series oi horizontally alined coin slots 14- iormedin the bottom partition 11 and disposed immediately rearwardly of thepartition 10 of the article compartments.

Depending' from the rear portion of the partition 11 is a Harige 15 anddisposed transversely across the 'front portion oi". the. casing .is abar 14.. This bar and iiange serve to carryY -a plurality of supportingrods 1G which slidably support the ejecting carriage ol' the machine andwhich comprises track members therefor. This car riage comprises a bar17, which lies transverselxv of the machine and through the lower sideot' which is passed the rods 16. lt is noted that one. oi these. rods 16provided adjacent one side oi each article compartment. 'lhe carriagehar provided in its i'i'ort tace with vertici relatively wide grooves i8each correspoiu 15 to a rcspectiw coin slot 1l and a rover-plate 19disposed across the front of the carriage bar to cover the grooves andform Slot-s thereof.

For slidabli7 supporting the various eject ingr members to be described.and 'or pro viding at the same time a holdingr means ior coins in theslot 1S. rods 2O are secured to the. flange 13 and are slidablv passedthrough the carriage bar and cover-plate 19, these rods terminatingshort of the bar li. Each llt) of these rods normally intersects arespective Slot 1S in such manner that a coin placed in said slot wouldbe prevented from dropping therethrough. l'lowever, when the carriage ismoved to a forward or ejecting po sition abutting against the bar 14,the forward end of each rod 20 will lie inwardl)v` of the slot to freethe slot, although the rod will still have bearing in and be supportedby the bar.

It will be noted that the ejecting carriage is spaced slightly below thepartition lil. Each of the ejeetingy nmmbers comprises a plate 21 whichis slidahle innnediately under the partition 1l and which is supportedin its position and held for such sliding movement buv a pair of lugs Ldepending there from and slidable on a respective bar 1t), and a lug .28depending therefrom and slidable on the rod 20. lVhen in ret `actedposition the ejecting member abuts against the flange 15 and it isprovided with a transverse slot 24 which. when the member is in Suchretracted position alines with the slot 14 which is the discharge mouthot' the. respective coin chute and with the resin-(tive slot, 18 of theejecting carriage when such carriage is in retracted position and liesunder the forward end ot the ejecting member.

The distance which each rod 2t) is positionecl below the top ot' thecarriage is such that'a coin dropped into one of the slots 18 would beheld in a manner projecting above the slot 1S and into the slot. li ofthe, ejecting inenil'ier. 'lhus upon droppingr a coin through aresin-.ctive chute and into respective slots it and 15S, the eiectingirmemA ber would be locked to the carriage and would be drawn forwardlyvtherebyY upon forward movement of the ,:arriagre to an ejectingposition. Upon such eiectinggv position being reached the coin woulddrop through the alot 1R due to itsI being released by moving past tl'urnd of the respective rod Q0, and the carriage and eiecting member willthus be released from their locked relation. 'l`lie forward lugr l? ofthe eject- .innr member is .so positioned a,` lo abut against thecarriage when both ariretracted, and thus upon retrartirrcf thecarriage. inember any or all ol' thix riveting members which mav havebeen iuowd to ejel'tine position Will lic iiiovcd bach lo initialpositionY ll'i the drawings :lieic i sliorjn one tvplg, of ejeetingii'nn'ilier adapted ltr use in corr ner-*ion ai i relativclv narrowarticles to be eliectefh and another tvpe ot' eier-,ting meinlieiatlanti-ll tor with relativclv1 Wide padmgw, 'the narration ol' bothmembers i? the .sinne with respect to the eieeting car riajje. and flicnuin-t-rals; lnretotorc applied to t'leA eiectine iii=:ii'il. er. areapplicable to both. tine, ti c ot ejcrtingl member designan-a! nowgeneraliv at is ri-lativel;7 riarrovi and is provi-'led centrally withlongi use tudinal Islot .45 and the respective article compartment withwhich this member coarts is centrallyY longitui'iinally slotted at thisvslot exteralin iin the partition ll rearwardly of the wall l() and therespective coin chute beingr also slotted at its lower end as at 2i. Anejecting finger is pivoted in the `slot 25 and adapted to project intoand slide through the slot 2G, this iinger having a depending portion 29whose weight mirniallv holds it in a vertical position and whichnormallv abats against the forward lug :22 which is for that purposerelatively wide. l'pon the rejecting member beingy moved from ejer-tingposition to a retracted position, the finger rocks on its pivot to rideunder the articles in the. respective compartn'ient.. ln th'.` othertvpe 0f rejecting` n'ieinber, designated now at B slots 25 are providedin its side portions sln'nlar to the slots 25 of the other member andlthe respective comiiartn'ient is provided with a pair of slots 9.6',livotally mounted in the slots 25 are eiectingy tingers if" similar tothe fingers 28, one ot these lingers; at its lower end abutting againstthe forward lug 22 of the ejecting member and the other finger havingits lower end cngagreabie with a lug 5l() provided for that purpose onthe under fare of the member.

For operatingi the ejectinpr carriage, a shaft 31 is journaledtransversely in the rear portion of the casing and carried by the endportions of the, shaft are Sprocket Wheels 52 which coact withsprocket-wl'ieels 33 carried on stulrshafts 34 at the forward sideportion of the easing to support sprocket chains 35. Each of thesechains carries an upstandiimr lunr 36 .secured to the carriage bar li. Araclcbar 37 ia vertically slidable through a lslot 3S in the rea rportion of.' the partition Vall 11 and this rack-liar meshes with a gearpinion 3S on the shaft 3l Wherelrv oscillation of the raelrha r willoscillate the. rejecting ca rriage. l

'l`h"l raclebar i.-: norinall)v drawn downwardliy to :i position whereinthe carriage is held iii a retracted position by a retractilr spring'lift secured to the lower end of ,said racl\'liar and to the bottoni 8of the casing. The rack-bar is held tor proper vertical .slidingymovement by a bar Yl() which is carried on thi` partition il and whichprojects'across tb(l slot 3S and is Slldable in a longitudinal :slot filin the rack-bar. l `or actuating' this raclcliar to move tbe carringe toejocting positie-ln a lever 'l2 is intermediately pivoted at 43 on abracket 44 carried at the forward portion ol the caslin;r and projectsoutwiidlv of the casing' to providi` an operating;A handle 4:7. Theinner end of this lever is pivoted to a. link 46 which is in turnpivoted to the upper end ot thc raclvl'iar.

From the foregoingr description it is seen that an exceedingly simplestructure has been provided which is positive in operation. I

It will be noted that the means for holding and releasing the coins withrespect to the ejecting carriage and the various ejecting members alsoserves as the. means Whereby said members are supported tor theirsliding movement. Y

By this structure an exceeding economy of parts is had without in anymanner detracting from the effectiveness of the device. in fact, theeffectiveness` ot` the device being enhanced by providing a morepositive operation.

I claim:

1. A vending machine including a casing. track members in the casing, acarriage member slidable on said track members and provided with a slot,a rod secured to the easing and slidably connected with the carriage andadapted during the major portieri of movement of the carriage to closethe slot against passage of a coin, an ejecting member provided with aslot adapted to aline with the slot of the carriage and slidablysupported by said last named rod and one of the track members and meansfor moving the carriage.

2. A vending machine including a casing. a plurality of spaced rodscarried in the casing an ejecting carriage slidably carried by the rodsand provided between said rodsl with coin slots, a plurality of otherrods adapted to intersect said slots to hold a coin therein, said rodsterminating short ot' the limit of movement of the carriage to i'reesaid slots, a plurality of ejeeting members each slidably mounted on oneot' the iii-st `1nentioned rods and one of the second mentioned rods andprovided with a slot adapted to aline with a respective slot ot' thecarriage. and means for moving the carriage.

3. A vending machine including a easing, a plurality of spaced rodscarried in the casing, a carriage mounted on said rods and providedtherebetween with coin slots. a plurality ot' other rods disposedbetween the rst rods and having slidable connection with the carriageand normally disposed to intersect said slots to hold a coin therein,said second mentioned rods terminating short of one limit ot movement ofthe carriage to free said slots, an ejeeting shafts and extending in adirection parallel to the path of movement of the carriage, meansconnecting the chain with the carriage. and means for imparting reverserotary movements to one of the shafts.

5'. A vending machine including a casing divided into articlecompartments and an intermediate compartment, an ejecting mechanismdisposed below each article compartment. a vertical series of coin slotsin the upper portion ot' the intermediate compartment chutes extendingfrom said slots through the intermediate compartment and divergedrearwardly thereof and extended each to a respective ejecting mechanism,an operating lever extended through the intermediate compartment belowthe chute portions disposed therein and pivotally mounted l'or verticalswinging movement, and means operatively connecting the said lever withthe ejecting mechanism.

ii. .i vending machine including a casing, article compartmentsthereimejectingmeans movable. under the compartments, a transverse shaftdisposed under said means at the rear thereof and connected operativelythereto. a gear on the shaft, a slidably mounted rack bar meshingtherewith, and an intermediately pivoted lever connected with the rackbar and extended outwardly of the casing.

ln testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set in v hand atBeloit, in the county ot' Roel; and State of 'iseonsin, in the presenceot' two witnesses.

llARLNl) L. MORRlSON.

Witnesses:

(lwnN Rrrmxn, Anne ll. Sclluimlinu.

